Taihoku Prefecture

Taihoku Prefecture 臺北州
Taihoku-shū
1920-1952
Taihoku Prefecture government building (now the Control Yuan building)
Capital	Taihoku City
Area
• 1941	4,594.24 km2 (1,773.85 sq mi)
Population
• 1941	1,140,530
Historical era	Taiwan under Japanese rule
• Established	September 1920
• Kīrun upgraded to city	1924
• Gilan upgraded to city	1940
• Disestablished	October 25 1945
• Japanese claim relinquished	28 April 1952
Political subdivisions	3 cities (市) 9 districts (郡)
Today part of	Keelung, New Taipei, Taipei, Yilan County

Taihoku Prefecture (臺北州; Taihoku-shū) was an administrative division of Taiwan created in 1920, during Japanese rule. The prefecture consisted of modern-day Keelung, New Taipei City, Taipei and Yilan County. Its government office, which is now occupied by the Control Yuan of Taiwan, was in Taihoku City (modern-day Taipei).